Saudi Arabian
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- noun
- /ˈsaʊdi əˈreɪbiən/
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saudí
- A Saudi Arabian is known for their rich cultural heritage and traditions.
We're saying when that kind of shit happens, it has often been Iranians or Saudi Arabians, that's there is just a battle going on.
- We're saying when that kind of shit happens, it has often been Iranians or Saudi Arabians, that's there is just a battle going on.
Examples
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I also have one year of experience teaching Saudi Arabian students at English Language Systems.
Blog text (16) -
I was talking to this Saudi Arabian woman today about Thanksgiving.
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First, they are not Saudi Arabians, nor are they related to one of the important families from Saudi Arabia.
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But the the Saudi Arabian Sheikh was obviously living not in the modern world.
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Saudi Arabians managed to do what Americans never succeeded at: a country without alcohol.
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I was working in Chennai when a Saudi Arabian company with about 10,000 employees began an advertising campaign through leading newspapers all over India, saying that it wanted to fill a number of positions.
Academic text (2011) -
I spent the Gulf War either on a ship or at a Saudi Arabian air base—mostly safe except for the occasional mine or Scud missile alert.
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The Saudi Arabian athlete won a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
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Many Saudi Arabians gather annually to celebrate the National Day in Riyadh.
Synonyms
A person from Saudi Arabia
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who is a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia' is directly and transparently built from 'Saudi' (a person from Saudi Arabia) and 'Arabian' (pertaining to Arabia); the combined form follows a straightforward demonym/adjective composition. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Saudi Arabian: The name Saudi comes from the ruling family 'Al Saud' and the word Arabian means someone from the Arabian region, so the phrase links the family name and the place. So a Saudi Arabian is a person 'from Saudi Arabia'.